CM 2501 Exam 1-4 2026 Exam
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An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - ANSWER
✔✔Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered to
be _____ loads. - ANSWER ✔✔Dead
Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. -
ANSWER ✔✔Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the world?
- ANSWER ✔✔Superdome
, Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a
beam under a load? - ANSWER ✔✔Da Vinci
(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in
heavy winds. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of
the pyramids. - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52
degrees. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength
steel became available at low prices. - ANSWER ✔✔True
A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its
original shape when the loads are removed is said to behave -
ANSWER ✔✔Elastically
Questions and Answers |
Already Graded A+
An arch is best suited for what type of stress? - ANSWER
✔✔Compression
The weight of the materials that a structure is built with are considered to
be _____ loads. - ANSWER ✔✔Dead
Under typical loading, ______ stress is the primary stress. -
ANSWER ✔✔Bending
At the time the book was written, what was the largest hall in the world?
- ANSWER ✔✔Superdome
, Did Da Vinci or Galileo have a better understanding of the behavior of a
beam under a load? - ANSWER ✔✔Da Vinci
(T/F) The Golden Gate Bridge can sway laterally as much as 11 feet in
heavy winds. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) A cable is best suited for compression. - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Wheels were used in the transporting of blocks for the building of
the pyramids. - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Most of the Egyptian pyramids have sides sloping at an angle of 52
degrees. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) The period of Egyptian Pyramid building lasted over 4000 years. -
ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Materials that yield easily are called ductile. - ANSWER ✔✔True
(T/F) Steel is more likely to creep than concrete - ANSWER ✔✔False
(T/F) Prestressed concrete became practical only after high-strength
steel became available at low prices. - ANSWER ✔✔True
A material whose change in shape due to loading rapidly returns to its
original shape when the loads are removed is said to behave -
ANSWER ✔✔Elastically
